Joshua Tree | June 3-6 2016

Richard Dolan

Richard Dolan is one of the world’s leading researchers and writers on the subject of UFOs, and believes that they constitute the greatest mystery of our time.

He is the author of two volumes of history, UFOs and the National Security State, both ground-breaking works which together provide the most factually complete and accessible narrative of the UFO subject available anywhere. He also co-authored a speculative book about the future, A.D. After Disclosure, the first-ever analysis not only of how UFO secrecy might end, but of the all-important question: what happens next?

In 2014, Richard published UFOs for the 21st Century Mind, which provides a fresh treatment of the entire subject. In it, he discusses the important sightings, the encounters, the politics, the cover-up, ancient aliens, the bizarre science, disclosure, and offers advice on being both critical and open-minded in today’s world. Like his previous three books, it asks fresh questions and offers new insights to further our understanding of the UFO mystery.

Richard hosts a weekly radio show, The Richard Dolan Show, on KGRA radio, is a frequent guest on Coast-to-Coast AM. He is currently featured on several television series and documentaries, including Ancient Aliens, Hangar One: The UFO Files and Close Encounters. For a longer list of his television appearances, see below.

Prior to his interest in UFOs, Richard completed his graduate work at the University of Rochester, where he studied U.S. Cold War strategy, European history, and international diplomacy. Before that, he had studied at Alfred University and Oxford University, and had been a finalist for a Rhodes scholarship.

But for the past two decades, Richard has been a dedicated student of all things related to UFOs, steadily expanding his interests within that topic from his initial focus on government documents and the cover-up. Now his interests include it all, from the deepest aspects of the coverup, to contact and abduction, the science behind the phenomenon, how the phenomenon has affected world culture, his theory of a breakaway civilization, the possible relationship of artificial intelligence and biotechnology to the UFO phenomenon, and the implications of the end of secrecy.

Today, there is no aspect of the phenomenon Richard won’t study. He continues to look forward to exploring this topic in all it’s depth, a topic he believes opens our doors of perception, challenging us to see the world differently and more clearly.

In addition to his research, Richard’s company, Richard Dolan Press, actively publishes innovative books by authors from around the world.

Lecture

THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL HYPOTHESIS:
A FRESH UNDERSTANDING FOR A NEW CENTURY

It is time to rethink the ETH. Back in the 1950s, when UFOs were new to public awareness, the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) was the dominant theory among those who believed the phenomenon was real and not from our civilization. The idea was simple: UFOs were “interplanetary” and belonged to beings with more advanced technology than we had. Over time, competing theories emerged to explain the obvious high strangeness that accompanied so many UFO and encounter cases, ideas such as interdimensional entities, spiritually-based beings, projections of our own mind, strange natural phenomena, psycho-social explanations, and much more. By comparison with some of these, the ETH has come to seem almost boring.

Richard Dolan argues that the ETH remains valid but needs to be understood in a fresh way, one that incorporates the genuine high strangeness of the UFO phenomenon. When we look objectively at the available evidence, the ETH still appears to be a strong candidate to explain much, if not all, of UFOs. But now in the 21st century, we understand our reality to be much more complex than our predecessors did in the 1950s. Richard will make a case that other beings are indeed here, and they may be from elsewhere, but the reality they represent is far beyond the reality we are accustomed to thinking about.

Workshop

FALSE FLAGS:
WHY THEY PERVADE OUR WORLD

Globalization and technological change have led to an unprecedented level of propaganda and deception in our world. Now, in the 21st century, the United States is attempting to finalize unrivalled control over the resources of the world, especially over oil- and gas-rich regions, via regime change and other covert means. In addition, the transformation of global power over the past several decades has led to an increasingly restive population that (in the opinion of those who rule), needs to be controlled.

As a result, we are now faced with a sophisticated propaganda system which includes not only domination over mainstream media, but infiltration of social media, entrapment operations, and many other provocations. It also includes the ultimate weapon in the propaganda tool kit: the false flag. Simply put, a false flag is an act of deception designed to elicit fear or anger from a target audience (that usually means you), with the aim of justifying actions (wars, repressive laws, etc.) that could never otherwise be justified. And of course, something which is blamed on another party. These days, that usually means “terrorists” or certain other nations.

Historian Richard Dolan will explain why we live in an era of false flags, and will describe some of the most important false flags that have shaped our world–in previous generations as well as today. He will describe how false flags are possible, why they are psychologically effective, how they have evolved over the years to become sophisticated and diverse operations–not always targeted against nations, but often against populations, and sometimes against specific individuals.

Moreover, Richard will provide an analytical framework to help us identify specific elements of false flags, enabling us to spot them more easily in the future.

Monday Intensive

THE POLITICS OF UFO SECRECY AND DISCLOSURE: 2016

The UFO phenomenon is the most explosive secret of our time, wrapped deeply within the classified world. And yet, because we live in revolutionary times, we cannot expect that secret to last forever. Richard Dolan asks whether something can dislodge the secret–in such a way that the whole world will talk about it. He discusses how the cover-up works internationally, the likely End Game among the secret keepers, and the different ways that the end of UFO secrecy might come. Finally, he discusses the US Presidential election season of 2016, analyzing the positions and histories of the major Presidential candidates in relation to UFOs. This is a brand new lecture by Richard Dolan, developed specifically for this conference. There will be ample opportunity for attendees to ask questions and share ideas.